Argyll Rainforest Community Network – Artist in Schools
As part of the Argyll Rainforest Community Network programme, we were delighted to commission cellist Jessica Kerr to work with Lochgilphead and Tighnabruaich Primary Schools to compose a new piece of music inspired by their local rainforests. Jessica gathered samples of song, words, sounds, and conversation during her four days in school, listening and responding to the children’s first-hand experiences of growing up in close proximity to such unique and important habitats. During two community days, Jessica provided musical accompaniment playing pieces composed for her project ‘Stories of People and Trees.’
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- Jessica Kerr, Argyll Rainforest Community Network 2024 (photography, Emma Henderson).
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- Jessica Kerr, Argyll Rainforest Community Network 2024 (photography, Emma Henderson).
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- Jessica Kerr, Argyll Rainforest Community Network 2024 (photography, Emma Henderson).
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- Jessica Kerr, Argyll Rainforest Community Network 2024 (photography, Emma Henderson).
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- Jessica Kerr, Argyll Rainforest Community Network 2024 (photography, Emma Henderson).
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- Jessica Kerr, Argyll Rainforest Community Network 2024 (photography, Emma Henderson).
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- Jessica Kerr, Argyll Rainforest Community Network 2024 (photography, Emma Henderson).
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- Jessica Kerr, Argyll Rainforest Community Network 2024 (photography, Emma Henderson).
In 2021 Cove Park joined forces with ACT: Argyll & the Isles Coast & Countryside Trust to become the Argyll Beacon, one of 13 Scotland-wide Climate Beacons bringing arts, heritage, and cultural organisations together with climate change or environmental organisations in advance of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. Devised by Creative Carbon Scotland the aim of this project, through cultural and climate-focussed projects and events, is to stimulate long-term public engagement in climate change.
The Argyll Beacon has now devised, produced, and commissioned several high-profile projects and Cove Park continues to collaborate with ACT on work connected to Argyll’s ancient woodland and rainforests.
